3.8.10
Berkshire Living Finalist for Six National Awards
One of only nine magazines in the nation to win six or more nominations
2.18.10
Community Radio Station Gets Full-Power License
WBCR to become regional powerhouse in three years
2.15.10
[Eagle Watch] Whoops! They did it again.
Berkshire Eagle headline contradicts story
2.11.10
FILM REVIEW: Crazy Heart
by Seth Rogovoy of Berkshire Living Magazine
1.20.10
The Filibuster Fiasco
The majority party must wield the reins of power delivered unto it by the people
1.14.09
Weekend Cultural Highlights 1.15-1.18
by Seth Rogovoy of BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
1.5.10
Yiddish Book Center receives 'transformative' $3 million bequest
[Press Release]
12.30.09
Emanuel Ax Plays for Mahaiwe, Lola Jaffe
Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010
12-30-09
FILM REVIEW: Up in the Air
Review by Seth Rogovoy of Berkshire Living Magazine
11.26.08
MASS MoCA DIRECTOR to BRING SOL LEWITT SOUTH
Rest of the Story event at the Triplex on Dec. 14
11.28.09
Taylor-King Tour to Reunite Original Musicians
Setlist to be based on 'Tapestry,' 'Sweet Baby James' albums
11.12.09
James Taylor and Carole King Reunite for World Tour
Will tour stop at Tanglewood?
11.4.09
An Original Joke
Did you hear the one about the funeral director?
10.31.09
The Return of Israel's Existential Dread
from the Wall Street Journal
10.23.09
Weekend Cultural Highlights
by Seth Rogovoy of BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
10.23.09
Weekend Cultural Highlights
by Seth Rogovoy of BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
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Talk about a small world
6.4.09
I was having lunch today with Elaine Khosrova, a professional colleague and casual acquaintance -- we've known each other for about four years, and have often seen and talked to each other in passing, at work or socially, but never really had a sitdown like we did today -- when I asked Elaine where she was from originally.
"Long Island," she said.
I'm from Long Island too, I said. Where on Long Island?
"Islip," she said. At which point I assumed she was teasing me, that she knew I was from Islip and was just taking the piss, as the English say.
Really, I said. Are you really from Islip?
"Yes," said Elaine.
How old are you, I asked.
I'm not going to tell you the answer, but I will say it was pretty much the same as how old I am.
Where in Islip did you live?
She told me. I know exactly where it is.
Elaine, I said to Elaine, you and I grew up together less than a mile away from each other.
Now she didn't quite believe me, but it was very easy to prove once we began comparing places and landmarks.
Islip is a small town, certainly was then. How was it possible that we never laid eyes on each other?
Elaine went to Catholic school in WEST Islip, and attended church in EAST Islip, whereas I went to Islip public schools, and attended synagogue in Bay Shore (these are all adjoining towns). So even though we lived so close to each other, we basically lived in different (parallel?) universes.
And then we each went off and lived a few decades of our adult lives, on very different paths.
And now we find ourselves neighbors again -- closely, sometimes, as Elaine occasionally writes for Berkshire Living, and relatedly, as the magazine Elaine edits, CULTURE, is sort of a cousin to Berkshire Living by way of shared personnel. And living very close to each other, each in our own way refugees from past lives, here in the Berkshires.
But fortunately (for me, at least -- I can't speak for Elaine), now we do know each other, and see each other, and support each other in our endeavors.
And that is Berkshire Living.
6/7/2009
Islip rules ! While in Boston, working for a record store, i met a store manager that was ALSO from Islip, and I also met a woman who's parents went to MY parents wedding IN BELGIUM !
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